#Overtime Pay

Overtime pay is the magic number assigned to hours cast into the labyrinth of endless tasks under the guise of social propriety. It converts a boss’s capricious demands and an employee’s fatigue into currency, only a fraction of which returns to the actual wallet. Its original purpose of fair compensation has become a tool for corporate image management and a release valve for gloom. The hours are recorded equally until the deadline bell tolls, but the payout is never equal. The true price is etched into one’s resume in the name of self-sacrifice.